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Charles #Martel died on the 22nd of October 741. He defeated a Muslim invasion of Aquitaine at Tours in 732. He divided Francia between his sons, Carloman and Pepin, who became the first Carolingian king. Pepin’s sons–#Carloman and #Charlemagne – extended the Frankish realms.
On the 16th of October 1793, Queen Marie Antoinette (#Habsburg, #Bourbon) was executed.
Mariotto #Albertinelli, who was a #Renaissance painter active in Florence, was born on the 13th of October 1474 (died on the 5th of November 1515). Some of his works are described as conservative, while others are examples of the grandiose classicism of High #Renaissance art.
King Henry III of England (#Plantagenet), known as Henry of Winchester, was born in Winchester Castle on the 1st of October 1207. He was t eldest son of King John of England and his second queen, Isabella d’Angoulême. His reign was turbulent with baronial rebellions and wars.
On the 27th of September, 1066, William the #Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme River, beginning the #Norman Conquest of England.
Gerolamo #Cardano was born on the 24th of September 1501. His proficiencies ranged from being a mathematician, physician, biologist, chemist, physicist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, writer. He is one of the most influential mathematicians of the #Renaissance era.
King Henri III of France (House of #Valois) was born on the 19th of September 1551 at Château de #Fontainebleau, the fourth son of King Henri II and Catherine de' #Medici. He was a grandson of King François I of France and Claude of France.
@RoiFrancoisI This Book of Hours belonged to Charles d’Angoulême (#Valois), the father of King François I of France. It contains full-page miniatures painted by Robinet Testard (a medieval illuminator and painter). The manuscript includes 230 folios and 38 full-page miniatures.